Folding stove.



E. G. MOATS. FOLDING STOVE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 12, 1913.

1 1 3 11, Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

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W I TNESSESP.

E. G. MOATS. FOLDI NG STOVE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 12, 1913.

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Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

E. O. MOATS. FOLDING STOVE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 12. 1913.

Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

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FOLDING- STOVE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 3(1 1215.

Application filed November 12, 1913. I Serial No. 800,579.

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Be it known that I, EDWIN C. MOATS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Colorado City, in the county of El Paso and State of Uolorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Stoves, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in folding stoves and its primary object resides in providing a-stove of the type in which a gas such as the vapor of gasolene is used for fuel and which, while possessing all the advantages of a vapor stove of ordinary construction, is adapted to be folded into a compact portable article for the purpose of transportation or storage.

An embodiment of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in the various views of which like parts are similarly designated, and in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved stove, Fig. 2, a side elevation of the same,

- Fig. 3, a vertical section along the line 3-3 Fig. 1, drawn to an enlarged scale, Fig. 4, a similar section with the parts of the stove in the folded condition, Fig. 5, a fragmentary, horizontal section taken along the line 5-5, Fig. 2, Fig. 6, a perspective view of the folded stove, Fig. 7, a plan view of a stove of modified construction, Fig. 8, a section taken along the line 88, Fig. 7, and Fig. 9, a perspective view of the stove shown in Fi s. 7 and 8, in the folded condition.

Re erring to the drawings by numerical reference characters, 2 designates the hollow base of the stove illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5, which is formed in the shape of an open box, of a bottom plate and four sides of substantially even height and the interior of which is by means of a transverse partition 3 divided into two combustion compartments 4: and 5..

The base is in practice supported upon four detachable feet 6 which are made of metal strips, thereversedly turned ends of which provide means for their support .upon a floor or other surface and for their gasolene reservoir 14. When the stove is in its condition ready for use,- the movable portion of the supply pipe extends vertically at right angles to the fixed portion of the same, as shown in Fig. 2, it being held in its upright position by means of a clip 15 attached at the rear end of the base, and when the stove is folded, the adjustable portion of the pipe is turned in substantially parallel relation to its fixed portion and is supported in a similar clip 16 disposed at the side of the base near its forward end. The other burner 9 located in the combustion chamber 4 is, auxiliary to the other which generates the combustible gas, it being fed as usual bya gas pipe 17 which terminates in suitable proximity to the primary burner to receive a portion of the gas generated therein.

The rearward combustion compartment 5 contains a single burner 18, the feed-pipe 19 of which extends through an opening in the partition 3, into the forward compartment and terminates in adjacency to the burner 8 for the purpose of receiving gas generated therein. Valves 20 are applied as usual to control the flow of vapor to.

movable grills 24 for the support of pots,

pans and other cooking utensils.

Disposed over the rearward combustion compartment is a collapsible oven the bottom plate 25 of which is hinged between the sides of the-base as at 26. The bottom plate which covers the burner 18 is spaced from the partition3 and from the rearward end of the baseofor the escape of the heat generated by the burner, into the oven, and

' has for the same purpose a pair of openings 31 with the rear 27 which are formed near its ends as best shown in Fig. 5. r

The rectangular oven comprises a backplate 28 which at one of its edges is hinged between the sides of the base adjacent the rear end of the same as at 29, and a topplate 30 which has an articulate connection plate at the opposite edge thereof.

A front plate 32 which-when the oven is in its operative condition supports the top plate at its forward end, is hinged between the side plates of the base adjacent the partition 3 as at 33, and in this connection it is obseryed that the axis of the hinge of the last-mentioned plate is lower than that of the rear plate, so that the two plates may be folded one upon the other when the oven is collapsed.

All of the hereinbefore mentioned oven plates are provided with air jackets formed by apertured plates 34 which are secured in spaced relation totheir inner surfaces, and

by off-setting the'vertical edges of the lates 34 which are applied to the front an rear plates of the oven, guide ways 35 areformed to receive the edges of the sliding side lates 36 of the same. One of the last-mentloned plates has a jacket similar to those of the before mentioned plates, and the other side plate has a jacketed door 37 by which access may be had to the interior of the oven.

The front and rear plates of the oven have upon the inner surfaces of the plates which form their respective air jackets, cleats 38 for the support of loose shelves, one of which is shown in Fig. 3 and designated by the numeral 39.

The top, front and rear plates of the oven are each provided with flanges which close the spacesbetween their adj oiningedges when .the oven is in its operative condition, and

catches 4O pivoted in sockets 41 at the upper end of the front plate are provided to secure the different parts of the oven in their relative position by engagement with the upper surface of the top plate of the same.

The base 2 of the oven is preferably p\ ovided with mica-covered peep-holes 42 through which the burner in its combustion compartment may be observed, and it has in, its bottom an opening 43 for the admission of air to the combustioncompartment of the oven.

To fold the stove, the top-plate of the oven is first of all moved about its hingeto permit the removal of the side plates by sliding them upwardly out of the guideways on the front and rear plates; After the shelves, grills and le have been .re-

moved they are, together wlth the side plates,

placed inside the combustion compartments 5 of the oven. The front plate is subsequently folded upon the p ates disposed Y upon the bottom plate 25 after which the articulately connected rear and top plates are folded about the hinge' 29 upon the base to cover the entire extent thereof, as shown in Figs. 4 and 6, it being observed that with this object in view the dimensions of the back plate and the top plate of the oven are made to respectively correspond with those of the areas of the rear and forward compartments of the base. The parts thus being folded together, are secured by a hasp 44 and a staple 45 which are applied respectively at the front end of the base and at the corresponding end of the top plate, and the entire article may be conveniently carried by means ofa folding handle 46 which is attached to one 'of the sldes of the base.

The modified construction of my stove illustrated in Figs. 7 to 9 of the drawings is designed for use where the oven is not required. Its base 47 consists of a single chamber containing two vapor burners 48 which are both connected with the fixed portion 49 of the gas supply pipe, which as in the first described form has a swivel connection with the movable portion 50 of the same which carries the gasolene tank. The comclosing position. The lid is reinforced by means ofan angle bar '56, and when the stove is in usethe lid is supported upon a bracket 57 hinged to the rear side of the base, to serve as a shelf for thejsupport of cooking utensils. The base 47 is like that of the first-described form, provided with clips 58 to maintain the movable portion of its vapor-supply pipe in its adjusted position, and the feet 59 on which it is in practice supported, are detachably secured to the base by the same means employed in the form shown in Figs. 1 to 5.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

1. A stove of the character described comprising a box-shaped base open at its top and divided by a transverse partition into two a combustion compartments, and a collapsible oven which covers one of said compartments and 'which is composed of a series of cooperative plates including a frontplate hinged on the base adjacent its partition, to fold within the compartment normally covered by the oven, a back-plate and a top plate'which are articulately connected edge opposite to that at which it connects with the top-plate hinged to the base adj acent the rear end thereof, side-plates capable of closing the spaces between the opposite sides of the base and the respective edges of the front, back and top-plates, and means for holding said side plates removably in position with relation to the other plates.

2. A stove of the character described comprising a box-shaped base open at its top and divided by a transverse partition into two combustion compartments, and a collapsible oven which covers one of said compartments and which is composed of a series of cooperative, jacketed plates including a front-plate hinged on the base adjacent its partition, to fold within the compartment' normally covered by the own, a back plate and a top plate which are articulately connected along adjoining edges and which are capable to conjointly cover the entire base when in alinement, the said backplate being at its edge opposite to that at which it connects with the top-plate hinged to the base adjacent the rear end thereof, side-plates capable of closing the spaces between'the opposite sides of the base and the respective edges of the front-, back-, and top-plates, and means for holding said side plates removably in position with relation to the other plates.

3. A. stove of the character described comprising a box-shaped base open at its top and divided by a transverse partition into two combustion compartments, and a collapsible oven which covers one of said compartments and which is composed of a series of cooperative plates including a front-plate hinged on the base adjacent its partition, to fold within the compartment normally covered by the oven, a back-plate and a topplate which are articulately connected along adjoining edges and which are capable to conjointly cover the entire base when in alinement, the said back plate being at its edge opposite to that at which it connects with the top-platehinged to the base adj acent the rear end thereof, side-plates capable of closing the spaces between the opposite sides of the base and the respective edges of the front-back and top-plates, shelves for the support of articles of food within the oven, means for holding said side-plates removably in place with relation to the other adapted to connect with an elevated reser- V voir of gaseous liquid, a plate for the support of cooking-utensils over the burner in one of said compartments, and a collapsible oven which covers the other compartment and which is composed of a series of cooperon the base adjacent its partition to fold within the compartment normally covered by the oven, a back-plate and a top-plate which are articulately connected along adjoining edges and which are capable to conjointly cover the entire base when in alinement, the said back plate being at its edge opposite to that at which it connects with the top-plate hinged to the base adjacent the rear end thereof, side-plates capable of closing the spaces between the opposite sides of the base and the respective edges of the front-, back-, andtop-plates, and means for holding said side plates removably in position with relation to the other plates.

5. A stove of the character described comprising a box shaped base open at its top, and divided by a transverse partition into two combustion compartments, and a collapsible oven which covers-one of said compartments and which is composed of a series of cooperative plates inclu'ding'a front plate adapted to fold over the compartment normally covered by the oven, a back-plate and a top-plate which are articulately connected along adjoining edges and which are capable to be folded over the base and to conjointly cover the same when in alinement, and side plates capable of closing the spaces between the opposite sides of the base and the respective edges of the front, back and top plates, and detachably held with relation to said plates.

In testimony whereof I have aifixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN O. MOATS. Witnesses:

G. J. ROLLANDET, L. RHoADEs,

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